Barberry mahonia
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× Mahoberberis aquisargentii |
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The barberry mahonia or hybrid mahonia , hybrid mahonia (× Mahoberberis ) is a hybrid genus , a breeding cross between a barberry and a mahonia species ( Mahonia × Berberis ). The generic name Mahoberberis is formed from the generic names Maho nia and Berberis .
description
The forms found by this crossing differ from the barberries by the thorny branches, from the Mahonia by the mostly simple, occasionally three-part leaves. They are mainly planted for their foliage, which is mostly variable. Some plants have both one-part and three-part leaves that are either finely or roughly toothed. The flowers are yellow and appear in small clusters in spring. The berries are black and mostly sterile . The species of this hybrid genus are considered hardy .
Systematics
A distinction is made between different types depending on the types of parents:
- × Mahoberberis aquicandidula Krüssm. : A cross between the common Oregon grape ( Mahonia aquifolium ) and the snowy barberry ( Berberis candidula ).
- × Mahoberberis aquisargentii Krüssm. : A cross between the common Oregon grape ( Mahonia aquifolium ) and Sargent's barberry ( Berberis sargentiana ). It is an upright shrub with dense growth. There are two types of glossy, dark green leaves that are paler on the underside: some are stiff, three-part, up to 8 centimeters long and spiky-toothed, the others are thin, one-part, finely toothed and up to 20 centimeters long. The small yellow flowers grow in terminal clusters and appear in spring. The berry fruits of this species are black.
- × Mahoberberis miethkeana Melander & Eade
- × Mahoberberis neubertii ( Baumann ex Lem. ) CKSchneid. : A cross between the common Oregon grape ( Mahonia aquifolium ) and the common barberry ( Berberis vulgaris ). It is an evergreen or only evergreen, up to 1 meter high, rounded shrub . The leaves are blue-green, sometimes bronze-colored in cold weather, coarse leathery, on the long shoots simple, ovate-elongated, up to 5 centimeters long, heavily indented, with five to seven long spiky teeth on each side. The leaves that grow on short shoots are partly sessile and simple, partly 2 to 3 centimeters long and stalked in three parts and finely serrated on the edge. No flowers of this species are known.
Rust-resistant varieties:
- × Mahoberberis 'Emerald'
- × Mahoberberis 'Magic'
swell
- Andreas Roloff , Andreas Bärtels: Flora of the woods . 2nd Edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2006, ISBN 3-8001-4832-3 .
- Robert Zander : Zander. Concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Walter Erhardt , Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold . 17th edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3573-6 .
- Gordon Cheers (Ed.): Botanica: The ABC of Plants. 10,000 species in text and images . 3rd, updated edition. Könemann, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-8290-0868-6 .
- Christopher Brickell, The Royal Horticultural Society (ed.): The great plant encyclopedia. A to Z. Dorling Kindersley, Starnberg 2004, ISBN 3-8310-0657-1 .
Web links
- Entries about Mahoberberis in Plants For A Future
- Mahoberberis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.